This space is to archive all Items that have been discussed and closed during the NARALO monthly meetings. NOTE: Please archive Items in numerical order.
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ITEM 002: 2018 NARALO Individual Member Representative (IMR) Elections
LEAD: Alan or Staff
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED: 14 May 2018
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ITEM 005: 2018 NomCom update report
LEAD: Leah Sykmekher
OPEN: 20 Nov 2017, CLOSED:
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DESCRIPTION: Seven (7) NARALO hot topics (HTs) were identified during the General Assembly (GA) held in New Orleans in April 2017. These are as follows: Privacy, Trust, Surveillance, Net Neutrality, Digital Literacy, Universal Internet Access and Cybersecurity. You can see a summary of these HERE. The original discussion that occurred during the GA is located HERE. Volunteers have been assigned lead roles to f/u on the HTs. We need to re-confirm them. In addition, each HTs needs to be clearly defined indicating what is the specific issue(s) that affects our region and what outcome we want to see after discussing them.
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--→ 09 april [Recording: 33] Presentation given. Please see details starting at page 18 in the transcript. Tom would like to know from anyone in the group how well city TLDs are serving the needs of resident of various cities. [Decision]: Recommend to close.
ITEM 031: North America Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for FYI 18/19
LEAD: Chris Mondini / Joe Catapano
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DESCRIPTION: To discuss the final North America Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for FYI 19/20 to be launch on May 14, 2018.
--→ 14 May [Recording: 32:35 ] Presentation was given. [Decision]: Close discussion.
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DESCRIPTION: To call for volunteers to provide feedback about the NARALO.ORG website as to navigation and content.
14 May [Recording: 5:04] Expanded on Anna Loop's background. Discussion starts in transcript page #4. The following people volunteer to help in the group: Judith, Joy and Susannah. Some problems were discussed. [Decision]: Carry forward to next meeting.
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→ 13 August [Recording: 12:00]: Everybody has given feedback on the changes and updating of the links. Evin has worked hard on fixing the site. So if there are any other comments from any other community members, please let us know. [Decision]: Close item.
ITEM 033: New ALS :: North American Graduate Students (NAGS)
LEAD: David Morar / Anna Loup
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DESCRIPTION: To provide an understanding of Universal Acceptance as related to ICANN's mission. Universal Acceptance ensures that all domain names and email addresses can be used by all Internet-enabled applications, devices and systems. It is essential for the continued expansion of the domain name system and provides a gateway to the next billion Internet users. Basic info here. Jonathan's Presentation.
→ 09 July [Recording: 35:40] Webinar give. Please transcript page 20 for more details. [Decision]: Close Item.
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ITEM 049: Presentation : Brief Read Out of the Highlights of ICANN63
LEAD: Chris Mondini
OPEN: 12 November 2018, CLOSED: 12 November 2018
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Topic 055: 2019 NomCom update report
LEAD: Leah Symekher
OPEN: 10 December 2018, CLOSED: 7 July 2019
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DESCRIPTION: To provide a fresh perspective of pending ICANN policies, reviews and issues in 2019.
→ 14 January [Recording: 44:15]: From transcript : "...There’s security, ICANN’s governance model, the DNS and unique identifiers, geopolitical issues and financial health.". Check transcript starting in page #26 for more detail - Close
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DESCRIPTION: To provide a summary of the ICANN 64 meeting activities
→ 8 April [Recording:52:22]: Chris presented the brief read-out. Watch the AC recording starting at 52:00 to see the actual slide deck used by Chris. Closed.
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Topic 063: ICANN65 Brief Report
LEAD: Eduardo Díaz
OPEN: 10 July 2019, CLOSED: 15 July 2019
TYPE: [General]
DESCRIPTION: To provide a brief report on ICANN 65 as follows:
- ICANN 65 brief report
- ALAC moving topics @ June 2019
- Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) and Universal Acceptance (UA)
- DNS Security and Abuse, DNSSEC and Cybersecurity
- ICANN and Human Rights, including Privacy and GDPR / WHOIS
- ICANN Jurisdiction and Internet Governance (building upon the recommendations of the Jurisdiction Working Group)
- New gTLDs: Perspectives and Scope
- ICANN Transparency and Accountability, in terms of enhancing / building end user trust
- Facilitating multi-stakeholder consensus within the ICANN community; working together with governments, business and civil society
- Capacity Building on all themes listed above, with due regard to geographical, cultural and language diversity
- Talking points :: Presentation / Detailed Document
- Pilot Reporting Project
- High Interest Sessions
- Policy Aspects of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS over TLS (DoT) and Related Issues
- Evolving the Effectiveness of ICANN's Multistakeholder Model
- Impacts of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendations on Other ICANN Policies and Procedures
- Policies Around Universal Acceptance
- ALAC moving topics @ June 2019
→ 15 July: Report given. Playback recording starting at 5:00 for more details. Closed
Topic 070: Snipped Webinar :: Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and the Latin Script
LEAD: Bill Jouri
OPEN:12 August 2019, CLOSED: 12 august 2019
TYPE: Education
DESCRIPTION: IDN is one of the ALAC moving topics @ June 2019 an as such our region should be more aware of what it is so it can be more effective in its appreciation for such an important concept that affects millions of Internet end user around the world including our region
→ 12 August: Presentation given.